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Other Stuff => Cabinets-Speakers => Topic started by: imgumby001 on October 26, 2020, 07:08:52 am

Title: Are they even worth it?
Post by: imgumby001 on October 26, 2020, 07:08:52 am

Picked up an old Magnavox console radio/turntable, and well as, a Packard Bell. Bought them to salvage as much as I could, and I’m wondering if it’s even worth it to save the speakers? The Mag had a 15”, with a little 4” or 5” mounted on a spider in the middle of it, and the Bell had a 10”. All of them still work. I was most excited about the 10”, but if they were worth a squirt it may be a consideration to build a funky 1x15” + 1x10” cab for them. Don’t know much about speakers this old and I’ve been having trouble sourcing and info. Thanks all.

Title: Re: Are they even worth it?
Post by: shooter on October 26, 2020, 10:14:18 am

let your ears be the guide
start with something you "know the sound", swap speaker, better, worse, no change...........

Title: Re: Are they even worth it?
Post by: sluckey on October 26, 2020, 10:23:18 am

Guitar speakers are much tougher than HiFi speakers. A guitar amp will quickly destroy a HiFi speaker if played with much volume.

Title: Re: Are they even worth it?
Post by: P Batty on October 27, 2020, 04:27:40 pm

The Packard Bell might be a decent speaker.  It might be worth saving for an old radio but not for guitar.
I've found that with older speakers (60+ years) the paper in the cones tends to develop small tears around the perimeter,

You can patch them with white glue and tissue but it kind of gets pointless after a while.

I finally trashed all my old speakers, the law of diminishing returns prevailed.

Title: Re: Are they even worth it?
Post by: imgumby001 on October 28, 2020, 06:16:48 am

How bout organ speakers? I’ve got a pair of 12’s from a Hammond L-122 I cannibalized.